Percutaneous isolated limb perfusion with thrombolytics for severe limb ischemia

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-497

  Ali, Ahsan T ^a,b   Kalapatapu, Venkat R ^a,b   Bledsoe, Shelly ^a,b   Moursi, Mohammed M ^a,b   Eidt, John F ^a,b,c  

^a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PERFUSION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 29044449031     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900605     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Eliason JL, Wainess RM, Proctor MC, et al: A national and single institutional experience in the contemporary treatment of acute lower extremity ischemia. Ann Surg 238:382-389, 2003.
2. Dormandy J, Heeck L, Vig S: Acute limb ischemia. Semin Vasc Surg 12:148-153, 1999.
3. Razavi MK, Lee DS, Hofmann LV: Catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy for limb ischemia: Current status and controversies. J Vasc Interv Radiol 14:1491-1501, 2003.
4. Republished J Vasc Interv Radiol 15:13-23, 2004.
5. Ouriel K, Gray B, Clair DG, et al: Complications associated with the use of urokinase and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for catheter-directed peripheral arterial and venous thrombolysis. J Vasc Interv Radiol 11:295-298, 2000.
6. Swischuk JL, Fox PF, Young K, et al: Transcatheter intraarterial infusion of rt-PA for acute lower limb ischemia: Results and complications. J Vasc Interv Radiol 12:423-430, 2001.
7. Creech O, Krementz ET, Ryan RF, et al: Chemotherapy of cancer: Regional perfusion utilizing an extracorporeal circuit. Ann Surg 148:616-632, 1958.
8. Plecha FR, Pories WJ: Intraoperative angiography in the immediate assessment of arterial reconstruction. Arch Surg 105:902-907, 1972.
9. Decrinis M, Pilger E, Stark G, et al: A simplified procedure for intra-arterial thrombolysis with tissue-type plasminogen activator in peripheral arterial occlusive disease: Primary and long-term results. Eur Heart J 14:297-305, 1993.
10. Comerota AJ, White JV, Ghrosh JD: Intraoperative intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy for salvage of limbs in patients with distal arterial thrombosis. Surg Gynaecol Obstet 169:283-289, 1989.
11. Quinones-Baldrich WJ, Colburn MD, Gelabert HA, et al: Isolated limb thrombolysis with extracorporeal pump and urokinase. J Surg Res 57:344-351, 1994.
12. Rutherford RB, Baker GJ, Ernst C, et al: Recommended standards for reports dealing with lower extremity ischemia: Revised version. J Vasc Surg 17: 1103-1107, 1997.